CivicAI v0.3.1 — Ready-to-run local AI extension

CivicAI v0.3.1

CivicAI turns selected webpage text into a structured civic report using entirely local, on-device AI.

This ready-to-run release includes all required local assets:

• Transformers.js 2.17.2
• ONNX Runtime Web 1.14.0
• Quantized multilingual MiniLM ONNX model
• Chrome and Microsoft Edge Manifest V3 extension

Quick installation

1. Download CivicAI-v0.3.1-ready-to-run.zip.
2. Extract the archive.
3. Open:
   • chrome://extensions in Google Chrome, or
   • edge://extensions in Microsoft Edge.
4. Enable Developer mode.
5. Select Load unpacked.
6. Choose the included extension directory.

No npm installation, backend, API key, user account, or cloud inference is required.

Usage

1. Select civic-related text on any webpage.
2. Right-click the selected text.
3. Choose Analyze with CivicAI.
4. Review the classification, urgency, suggested recipient, missing details, and editable report.

Privacy

All inference runs locally inside the browser.

• No backend
• No API key
• No telemetry
• No analytics
• No selected text sent to external services

Validation

This release was manually tested as an unpacked extension on:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge

The local asset setup and ONNX inference were also validated during the Codex v0.3.1 engineering consolidation.

Development

CivicAI was primarily designed and developed in ChatGPT with GPT-5.6 Sol.

Codex then performed an independent engineering audit and implemented the v0.3.1 technical consolidation, including runtime hardening, verified asset provisioning, privacy improvements, race-condition protection, documentation, licensing, and Edge validation.